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With more than 30 years of Risk Management, Workers’ Compensation, Human Resources, and Injury Prevention experience, Margaret award winning expertise has empowered companies to navigate the often-complex Workers’ Compensation system. Through her expert guidance, companies learn how to implement strategies that drastically reduce injury rates, increase productivity, and energize employees to work safely. C. Douglas & Associates clients include Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Tempur-Sealy, Adventist Health Systems, Boeing, Airbus, EADS, Nissan, Cities and Municipal Governments, and Seaboard Foods – winners the 2017 National Underwriter Award for Risk Management and Workers’ Compensation Excellence and Butterball Turkey winners of the 2018 award.

Margaret first book, From Workers’ Comp Claimant to Valued Employee – was published in 2008. She simultaneously founded National Return to Work Week – a pioneering concept that highlights the importance of keeping ill, injured and disabled employees in the workforce. National Return to Work Week (NRTWW) added to the US Calendar in 2009 – the week will be celebrated annually in the second week in May. The mandate of NRTWW is to champion injured employees by helping employers implement stay-at-work programs. Margaret’s second book – The Injury Management Challenge – Simplifying the Workers’ Comp Process and Engage Managers & Supervisors was published in 2013. Her latest book, Leadership Self-Transformation: 52 Career Defining Questions Every High Achieving Women Must Answer – address leadership and career development for high-potential women leaders.

Margaret industry contributions includes being a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Special Expertise Panel on Employee Health, Safety, and Security, she also represented SHRM on the CIDRAP Board – Centers for Infectious Disease Research and Policy during SARS and H1N1. Margaret is a continuing education provider for the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). Two-term VP of Professional Development for the Greater Miami Society for Human Resource Management (GMSHR). Margaret writes and speaks extensively on Workers’ Compensation, disability management, and strategic organizational leadership. She has been quoted or had articles published in Forbes, CNBC, Time, The Washington Post, Crain’s, HR Florida Magazine, HR Magazine, Workforce Management, American Chronicle, Risk Management Quarterly, and National Underwriter Magazine. LexisNexis awarded her blog – The Workers Comp Gazette Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Blog in 2010. In 2017, Margaret was awarded – InTouch Women Leading the Way in Workers’ Compensation Award. She is also the founder of, The Employee to CEO Project to accelerate the upskill and up-leveling of women into leadership.